Editorial: The JRC Summer School Organising Committee

Welcome to this Special Issue of ATLA — one that celebrates the success of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) 2021 summer school on Non-Animal Approaches in Science: ‘The Three R…evolution’! This year, EURL ECVAM is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To mark this occasion, this Special Issue of ATLA is dedicated to the topic of alternatives and education (with an emphasis on the concept of the JRC summer schools), and also mentions some of the other significant and important work carried out by EURL ECVAM. The section on EURL ECVAM Activities highlights a number of significant and important projects, putting the work into the context of the EU legislation. It describes the role of EURL ECVAM in the implementation of the EU legislation on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (EU Directive 2010/63/EU1), celebrates EURL ECVAM’s 30 years of supporting non-animal approaches in science, and outlines the crucial efforts being made to introduce the Three Rs into secondary schools, universities and continuing education programmes. Finally, the Preface includes a historical account of the development of the JRC summer school programme over the years, as well as detailing the speakers’ presentations from the 2021 course. It also features the poster abstracts submitted by the participants. Six of these participants were honoured to receive poster prizes, and we caught up with them to learn more about their current work and hear about their exciting plans for their future projects and careers (see 2021 Poster Prizes).

AHS LOPEZ Eva;  BATISTA LEITE Sofia;  BERGGREN Elisabet;  BERNASCONI Elisa;  DECEUNINCK Pierre;  DURA Adelaide;  FRANCO Antonio;  GENCO Enzo;  GRIBALDO Laura;  HOLLOWAY Marcelle;  LANDESMANN Brigitte;  MADIA Federica Anna Carla;  OLVEDY Michael;  PAINI Alicia;  PISTOLLATO Francesca;  PARISSIS Nikolaos;  PIERGIOVANNI Monica;  VALSESIA Debora;  WHELAN Maurice; 

2022-02-07

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